On Thursday 24th March from 2.45pm till 4.30pm we will be holding our Easter Eggstravaganza! Lots of Easter themed fun for all the family and hopefully we will raise a few pennies too.
There will be a BBQ, cake stall, raffle, Easter egg hunt, tattoos, Hook-a-Duck, Easter Chocolate Tombola, refreshments, Name the Lion and an Easter Bonnet Parade!!
We are really looking forward to seeing your Easter Bonnet creations and judging will take place at 4.00pm. All children who take part will get a small treat, and there will be prizes for the top three creations.
All money raised from this event will go direct to pre-school and help us to continue to provide a wide range of exciting and stimulating activities.
Thank you for your continued support!
Wednesday, 16 March 2016
Thursday, 10 March 2016
Important Changes
At Springfield we are always looking at what we do, why we do it and whether we could be doing it better!
This has led us to start thinking about the potential impact of the government's plan to introduce up to 30 hours per week of free childcare and education for children aged 3 & 4 years of age in September 2017. As we strive to offer our parents the best service we can we want to be in a position to be able to provide those 30 hours of childcare and education per week. But this will mean a change to our opening hours as our current sessions will need to increase from two and a half hour sessions to three hour sessions.
So that we can be best prepared we have decided to bring in this change early and so from this September we will have a new set of opening hours and as a result some of our fees will change too. Please note that we will only be able to offer 15 hours of government funded childcare and education this September and that the increase to 30 hours will not come into effect until September 2017. Please also be aware that there will be certain criteria to meet in order to qualify for the new funding and we will ensure that our parents are kept informed as soon as we know anything more!
Our new opening hours from September 2016 are;
Sessions for two year olds will cost £8.50 per session.
Sessions for children aged over three and who choose to take their funded place elsewhere, or who wish to attend for more than the 15 hours per week (equivalent to 5 sessions) the cost will be £10.50 per session.
Lunch Club will remain unaffected and cost £2.50 per lunch club with parents providing a packed lunch.
Should anyone wish to discuss anything in this post in greater detail please speak to Jayne either in person at pre-school or email springfieldpreschool@hotmail.co.uk
We hope that this change will meet both the current and future needs of our parents.
This has led us to start thinking about the potential impact of the government's plan to introduce up to 30 hours per week of free childcare and education for children aged 3 & 4 years of age in September 2017. As we strive to offer our parents the best service we can we want to be in a position to be able to provide those 30 hours of childcare and education per week. But this will mean a change to our opening hours as our current sessions will need to increase from two and a half hour sessions to three hour sessions.
So that we can be best prepared we have decided to bring in this change early and so from this September we will have a new set of opening hours and as a result some of our fees will change too. Please note that we will only be able to offer 15 hours of government funded childcare and education this September and that the increase to 30 hours will not come into effect until September 2017. Please also be aware that there will be certain criteria to meet in order to qualify for the new funding and we will ensure that our parents are kept informed as soon as we know anything more!
Our new opening hours from September 2016 are;
Morning Sessions - 9.15am - 12.15pm
Lunch Club - 12.15pm - 12.45pm
Afternoon Sessions - 12.45pm - 3.45pm
Sessions for two year olds will cost £8.50 per session.
Sessions for children aged over three and who choose to take their funded place elsewhere, or who wish to attend for more than the 15 hours per week (equivalent to 5 sessions) the cost will be £10.50 per session.
Lunch Club will remain unaffected and cost £2.50 per lunch club with parents providing a packed lunch.
Should anyone wish to discuss anything in this post in greater detail please speak to Jayne either in person at pre-school or email springfieldpreschool@hotmail.co.uk
We hope that this change will meet both the current and future needs of our parents.
Thursday, 28 January 2016
Healthy Eating Week
As part of our current topic of 'Our Bodies' we will be having a 'healthy eating' week for the week of the 1st February.
We would like to encourage all those children who attend our lunch club sessions to bring in really healthy lunch boxes and we will be awarding prizes for all those who have lots of healthy foods!
We hope our parents will support us with this topic and we can recommend having a look at 'Henry' a website that supports families with healthy eating and exercise for the really young www.henry.org.uk
We would like to encourage all those children who attend our lunch club sessions to bring in really healthy lunch boxes and we will be awarding prizes for all those who have lots of healthy foods!
We hope our parents will support us with this topic and we can recommend having a look at 'Henry' a website that supports families with healthy eating and exercise for the really young www.henry.org.uk
Thursday, 14 January 2016
Newsletter - January 2016
Here is our first newsletter of the new year;
Hello
Welcome
back we hope that everyone had a lovely Christmas and a very Happy New Year.
Important Dates
for your Diary
w/c
8th February - Cake Sale Week
Friday
12th February -
End of Term
Monday
22nd February - Start of Term
Wednesday
9th March - Inset Day – pre-school will be closed
15th,
16th & 17th March - Parent Evenings
Thursday
24th March - End of Term
Monday
11th April - Start of Term
Session Fees
Invoices
for session fees, lunch club and snack have been issued; all invoices are
issued for the term up to the 12th February and should be paid by Friday
15th January 2016. Late
payment of fees will automatically incur a £7.00 penalty fee and continuous
failure to pay fees could result in the removal of your child’s place from
pre-school. Please speak to Jayne
regarding any payment issues so that this can be avoided – many thanks.
Primary
School Applications
If
your child was born between 1st September 2011 and 31st
August 2012 they will be due to start Primary School in the academic year
September 2016 – August 2017. Applications for your
child's place at Primary School need to be made through Derbyshire County
Council (for those living in Derbyshire) and Nottinghamshire County Council
(for those living in Nottinghamshire) by midnight
on 15th January 2016. If anyone has
any questions please speak to Jayne.
Term Dates
Please
be aware that we follow Derbyshire County Council term dates and as such the
dates for our Easter breaks are different to those for Nottinghamshire County
Council.
Upcoming
Events
Committee
Meeting –
our next meeting is on Tuesday 12th January at The Risley Park pub
at 7.30pm and we will be discussing future fundraisers. Everyone is welcome J
Cake
Sale Week (w/c 8th February) – we will be having a cake sale all week (or
until we run out of cakes!) so please bring in your donations from Monday 8th
February. Cakes will be on sale at the
end of each session – thank you.
Parent
Evenings
– these will be held in March and more details will be available after half
term.
Staff Update
Delia
has resigned due to health problems. We would like to thank her for all her
hard work and wish her a speedy recovery. We will be having another new face
join us in a few weeks as Suzanne Tracey joins as one of our supply cover.
How to
Contact Pre-School
Our
phone number is 07960 983423 or email us at; springfieldpreschool@hotmail.co.uk and check our website www.springfieldpreschool.co.uk and Facebook page for
up-to-date information.
Sunday, 6 December 2015
Christmas Fair Success
Well we had a fantastic day yesterday as we had our annual Christmas Fair at pre-school.
Santa was in his grotto and we had lots of helpers that made the day a great success. A big thank you to one and all who supported this event whether it was helping to organise it, manning a stall, clearing away or most importantly spending your pennies!!
We raised an astounding £1169!!! WOW!!! Our best ever fair! We will now be able to give our home corner the make-over it so very much needs.
Thank you so much, we really do appreciate your generosity and support.
Santa was in his grotto and we had lots of helpers that made the day a great success. A big thank you to one and all who supported this event whether it was helping to organise it, manning a stall, clearing away or most importantly spending your pennies!!
We raised an astounding £1169!!! WOW!!! Our best ever fair! We will now be able to give our home corner the make-over it so very much needs.
Thank you so much, we really do appreciate your generosity and support.
Wednesday, 11 November 2015
Primary School Applications for September 2016
If your child was born between 1st September 2011 and 31st August 2012 it is now time to start applying for their infant or primary school place as they will be starting their Reception Year in September next year!!
Both Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire County Councils operate an online application process and applications can be made from 2nd November for Nottinghamshire and the 16th November for Derbyshire up until midnight of 15th January 2016 for both counties. You will need to apply to the county council relevant to where you live.
Hopefully these links will help!
If you live in Derbyshire - http://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/…/s…/school_places/default.asp…
If you live in Nottinghamshire –http://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/educati…/school-admissions
Monday, 9 November 2015
So far so good...
Crikey this school year seems to be flying by so thought it was time for an update here on our website.
Well the first half term was very busy with lots of new starters who have settled in brilliantly. We are now very busy with all sessions bar a couple now full. We had a number of fundraisers which all helped raise just over £200; a big thank you to everyone who supported our cake sale, fashion show evening and the Christmas card project. This money has helped us to buy a new television, DVD, books and pens. We are now looking to raise money to improve our 'home corner' resources which are in desperate need of a 're-vamp'!
We also had our annual school photo morning run by the fantastic Tempest Photography who took some amazing photos; these should be with us shortly and hopefully all your orders will also generate some commission for pre-school too!
We are now into week two of our second half term and boy is this going to be a busy one! We have parent evenings next week (week commencing 16th November), then it'll be our Christmas Fair on Saturday 5th December, we have our Christmas concerts on Monday 14th & Tuesday 15th December as well as having a Christmas Party Week for the last week of term - Phew!
Well the first half term was very busy with lots of new starters who have settled in brilliantly. We are now very busy with all sessions bar a couple now full. We had a number of fundraisers which all helped raise just over £200; a big thank you to everyone who supported our cake sale, fashion show evening and the Christmas card project. This money has helped us to buy a new television, DVD, books and pens. We are now looking to raise money to improve our 'home corner' resources which are in desperate need of a 're-vamp'!
We also had our annual school photo morning run by the fantastic Tempest Photography who took some amazing photos; these should be with us shortly and hopefully all your orders will also generate some commission for pre-school too!
We are now into week two of our second half term and boy is this going to be a busy one! We have parent evenings next week (week commencing 16th November), then it'll be our Christmas Fair on Saturday 5th December, we have our Christmas concerts on Monday 14th & Tuesday 15th December as well as having a Christmas Party Week for the last week of term - Phew!
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